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BOX OPENER. APPLICATION FILED 'MY 27.1929.

Patented Nov; 28, 1922;

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Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

NHTED r'ra GEORGE E. HITCHCOCK, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 0FONE-THIRD TO MIYER BROWN, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN.

BOX OPENER.

Application filed May 27, 1920. Serial No. 384,649.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HITCH- 0001;, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Flint, in the county of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Box Openers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in box openers.

Much difficulty and annoyance is encountered in removing the covers oftin boxes. Some have used a lever, and others a cam for this purpose,but these have lacked in simplicity, and have presented objectionableends which project, where they are in danger of tearing things, or beingtorn from thebox; and, furthermore, they are in the way in packing andshipping the goods.

The object of my present invention is to provide a simple device forloosening and removing the covers of these boxes without theobjectionable features hereinbefore mentioned; and this inventionconsists in a plate slidably connected with the box and adapted to fitunder the edge of the cover, and provided with a handle approximatelyflush with the bottom of the box and projecting slightly therebeyond,where it can be easily manipulated to raise the cover of the box.

It further consists in the foregoing features in connection with theside of the box having a depressed portion in which the opener fits andslides, the edges of which depression are parallel and serve as guidesfor the opener to confine its movement to a straight endwise movement,and a pin which extends through a vertically-disposed slot in theopener.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a View in side elevation;

of Genesee and State Fig. 2 is a section. A, represents a box, and B isthe cover.

The numeral 1 represents the opener. This is fitted in a depression 2 inthe side of the box, preferably, so that its outer surface is flush withthe surface of the outer side of the box. The opener has an elongatedslot 3 extendin vertically therein, and a pin or rivet extends throughthis slot into the box, thus holding the slide in position, andadmitting of a limited sliding movement thereto, while the edges 4 ofthe depression form guides for the edges of the opener.

This opener extends substantially the width of the box itself, and underthe lid when in its normal position, and its lower end is curled up orcrimped to form a thumb-piece or handle 6, which projects out laterallyopposite the bottom, and perhaps a trifle beneath the plane of thelatter, so that it is in convenient position to be pushed by theoperators thumb or finger against the box cover or lid to loosen andremove the latter.

In this way, I have provided a very simple and inexpensive device forthe purpose of loosening and opening tight fitting metallic box covers.

I claim:

The combination with a box and a cover, the side of the box having anindentation to form vertical guides, of a slide fitted to move betweenthe guides and in substantial parallelism with the face of the box theslide having a slot and a handle projection,

and a pin or rivet attached to the box and extending through the slot inthe slide.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE E. HITOHCOCK.

